พนม

From Old Khmer bnaṃ (“height; high place; hill, mountain; temple-mountain, mountain on top of which a temple is located, the temple itself; etc”), extended as branomya, from which Thai ประนม is derived. Compare Old Khmer vnaṃ, vnaṃm, vnam; Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer vnaṃ. Cognate with Modern Khmer ភ្នំ (phnum).

พนม • (pá-nom)

1. (elegant) hill; mountain.
2. thing similar to a hill, mountain, or lotus bud, especially in terms of shape or appearance: heap, pile, etc.

• (hill; mountain) See เขา (kǎo).

พนม • (pá-nom) (abstract noun การพนม)

1. to cause to look like a hill, mountain, or lotus bud, such as พนมมือ (pá-nom mʉʉ; literally "to pá-nom hands"), meaning to press hand palms together in a salute fashion.

พนม • (pá-nom)

1. (อำเภอ~) Phanom District, a district of Surat Thani Province.